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Show TO PTLE REPORT OM COUKTY LINE DISPUTE The Joint committee heating the Sanpete-Juab countlee boundary dispute summed up the evidence that has been presented before It during the last two or three weeks and will probably be able to file a report and a recommendation during the latter part of thla week. The araa In dispute aggregatee nearlv 1 ,000,000 acres of dry farm land, which has been claimed by nanpete county. The county has collected the taxes a e e The plan propoaed to t he senate by Senator Wight. In hla senate bill No. SO. providing for the creation of a new county out of an existing county. In order that Waaatch county could be divided, di-vided, waa reported adversely by the senate committee on county and municipal munici-pal corporations yesterday afternoon, aee The need of an appropriathin from the atata treasury for the support rui maintenance main-tenance of a metallurgical research department de-partment of the state school of mines was explained to the appropriations committee commit-tee of the senste veeterday afternoon by Dr. i. P. Merrill, dean of the achool of mines. The committee will report favorably on tha Perry bill spproprlatlng S1&.000 for this purpose, recommending the passage of the bill. The research department Is now maintained without expense to the state and Is greatly handicapped by lack of funda. see The aenate bill by Senator Hansen relating re-lating to the Incorporation of trust companies, com-panies, which would forbid trust com pa -nles Incorporated In the future from engaging en-gaging In ths general hanking buslnea. but would not affect those organised f trior to ths passage of the act, waa killed n the aenate yeeterday afternoon, after tha Senegarabtan araa routed from the cord wood. |